Measuring medicine prices, availability, affordability and price components Margaret Ewen Health Action International

WHO/HAI Project on Medicine Prices and Availability improve the availability and affordability of essential medicines Develop a reliable methodology for collecting and analysing price and availability data across healthcare sectors in a country Price transparency; survey data on a freely accessible website allowing international comparisons Advocate for appropriate pricing policies and programmes, and monitor their impact

improve the availability and

affordability of essential medicines

Develop a reliable methodology for collecting and analysing price and availability data across healthcare sectors in a country

Price transparency; survey data on a freely accessible website allowing international comparisons

Advocate for appropriate pricing policies and programmes, and monitor their impact

Measures medicine prices availability affordability component costs Revision based on the experiences of 55+ surveys undertaken in all regions of the world Survey tools and data: www.haiweb.org/medicineprices Second edition of the WHO/HAI survey manual Available now

Measures medicine

prices

availability

affordability

component costs

Revision based on the experiences of 55+ surveys undertaken in all regions of the world

What’s new in the manual? Methodology changes – sampling, medicines, measuring price components New guidance on international comparisons, policy options, advocacy and monitoring Expanded workbook & new resources Regional workshops on new manual & tools 2008: Anglophone Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Asia 2009: Francophone Africa, possibly other regions WHO/HAI and international pricing policy experts Developing guidance on policies that affect medicine prices and their impact in various settings

What’s new in the manual?

Methodology changes – sampling, medicines,

measuring price components

New guidance on international comparisons,

policy options, advocacy and monitoring

Expanded workbook & new resources

Regional workshops on new manual & tools

2008: Anglophone Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Asia

2009: Francophone Africa, possibly other regions

WHO/HAI and international pricing policy experts

Developing guidance on policies that affect medicine

prices and their impact in various settings